Xi Jinping's Biggest Crisis? Record-Low Turnout at Secret CCP Meeting. Hu Chunhua Still Missing

The Chinese Communist Party's fifth plenum is underway in Beijing, but there are many things happening inside the meeting hall that the official media will never tell you about. 1. Turnout The number of people attending the meeting is the lowest ever. By a rough headcount by someone who is in the meeting, only about 120 Central Committee members were present, and the 21 Politburo members facing them, and the combined figure is about 150. But right now, after deducting those who were expelled or under investigation, there should be about 180 members who should attend the meeting. So where are the other 40 members? The drop in military uniforms was said to be stand out. Alternative members also looked thinner, around 140. If true, that would be the smallest central committee showing ever reported for a plenum like this. 2. Hu Chunhua Hu Chunhua is a former Politburo member once seen as a rising star tied to former CCP leader Hu Jintao. It is said that Hu Chunhua was chosen to be Xi Jinping's successor according to the CCP's tradition of designating successors one generation in advance. He already missed a major state event on October 22nd. According to someone in the meeting, Hu Chunhua was still not seen at the plenum. This exclusive information was obtained by Du Wen, a former Chinese government legal advisor now overseas. But one of my own sources told me that the reason Hu Chunhua missed that major state event on October 22 was that he was sick and that he will attend the plenum on the last day. So we can wait and see what happens three days later. Number three, strictest security ever. Reporters and staff had their phones taken. Mobile signal inside the hall was jammed. Guards inside the doors were said to be unarmed. Staff could move only in fixed zones. Unauthorized movement risked arrest. Music played, but the mood, the tip says, was heavy and tense. Outside the meeting venue, the level of security is also crazy. According to social media videos from Beijing, people have to line up for more than 20 minutes just to get onto the subway because of added security screening. I think the reasons why this plenum draws so much attention are the following. First, Xi Jinping's health is clearly deteriorating rapidly, yet he has still not designated a successor. This poses a serious threat to a smooth transition of China's top leadership in the future. Second, Xi Jinping's sweeping purges of the military and government officials have severely damaged the interests of other powerful CCP elites and prisoning families. How much longer will military leaders and other senior CCP officials tolerate this before they rise up in resistance? Third, China's economy is also deteriorating rapidly. Ordinary people at the bottom of society, especially young people who cannot find jobs, are facing a severe struggle for survival. The wealthy are facing massive retroactive tax demands from the CCP, with even assets already transferred out of China being targeted for taxation. Meanwhile, the middle class is seeing its wealth shrink dramatically following the collapse of the real estate bubble, with some even facing the risk of falling into poverty. In other words, life is becoming increasingly difficult for everyone, from the richest to the poorest. How much longer can ordinary Chinese people endure this? The fact that attendance at the 5th plenum has fallen to a historic low is itself a reflection of the unprecedented crisis facing the CCP. will this crumbling edifice finally collapse? let's keep watching